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A 16-year-old swimming champion from Hawaii who suffered a spinal injury has checked out of his rehabilitation centre and is walking again.

Darren Choi was left unable to walk after he fell from rocks while out swimming with friends among shallow reefs in Samoa.

About two months after the incident, however, he is standing on his feet again and managed to walk out of rehab with the help of a stick and a neck and head support known as a halo, Hawaii News Now reports.

"I was literally not walking and not really doing anything on my own, so I used that as motivation to keep me going," he told the news provider.

"That was a big relief when I got to start walking."

Just days before the accident, Choi had taken three medals from three events at a swimming meeting in Samoa.

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